I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIFrank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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